StartABiz Staff
The business world seems like it caters to extroverts. And that makes sense: As a business owner, you need charisma to lead a team, negotiate with partners and engage with them regularly. In addition, you need to network with new people and improve your client relationships.
For an introvert, therefore, these responsibilities may seem intimidating, or even overwhelming, to deal...
Launching faster, in weeks rather than in months, can be crucial to prove or disprove a startup’s Value Proposition early, keep the team motivated and maintain the costs low.
The Lean Startup theory holds that:
the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with...
Ah, working from home. If you’re sick of long commutes to a boring office, where you’re stuck 9-to-5, Monday through Friday, remote work sounds like a distant paradise.
But the reality is, working from home is more feasible than you might think -- and I’ve got 50 examples to prove it. So, if your dream is to work from home,...
It was 2012. The economy was in shambles, my industry was reeling, and I was increasingly being asked to do multiple jobs at work. I could barely keep up.
I loaded my iPhone with apps like Evernote, Outlook, Mail, and Agenda to keep track of to-dos, appointments, and meetings. But I found myself more unfocused and lost in the swirl...
You don’t need a ton of startup cash to get a successful business off the ground. There are plenty of home based business ideas that you can grow simply through bootstrapping. If you’re interested in starting your own business at home but don’t want to put a huge investment in up front, read on for a list of 50...
From the Center for International Enterprise to the Harvard Business Review, business experts have agreed for several years that the world needs to support the development of women entrepreneurs. Studies are showing that when women gain access to their own financial freedom, they are lifted out of poverty, children begin to become healthier, and the overall economic status of...
For a startup to get through the teething stage and gain recognization, it must have its own unique system. It must consider as all-important such activities as hiring, training and the outsourcing of development, plus such elements as brand, structure and values.
Along the way, outsourcing is a common practice many startups use to complete these tasks. In fact, I know startup entrepreneurs...
The millennial generation is shaping the modern workforce—whether you like it or not. They’ve been blamed for a host of problems, such as being too entitled and obsessed with social media, and credited with several positives, such as appreciating creativity and having higher moral values. But of course, all of this depends on who you ask—some people claim these...
One of the challenges in launching a startup is landing your first big client. For your startup to succeed, you may need to land a “big fish,” but here’s the catch-22: big clients often won’t work with startups for fear they won’t be able to handle the projects, or even worse, will go out of business before the project...
Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have exploded in popularity in the past few years. For the 12 month period ending in April 2016, drone sales grew 224 percent from the previous year period to nearly $200 million, according to a report from retail research firm the NPD group. Drones are rapidly becoming an indispensable tool in a...